I made good progress on the truck today. First off I had a broke-off bolt on the passenger front side. It was flush with the hole, and the bottom side felt like someone had already tried to vise-grip it from the bottom. I tried an extractor, but it was stuck bad. I drilled it out and tried using a center punch to collapse the remnants into the hole. Instead the welded nut broke off. The rust was stronger than GM's welding.
View media item 32070I painted a bunch of the interior pieces black. Some time next week I'll disassemble what I can of the dashboard and paint it black. I took a pic, but the lighting was terrible and it all looks funky. Edit: I suppose I ought to tell how I'm doing the recolor. I'm using Dupli-Color "Vinyl and Fabric" Specialty Coating. It's readily available in any auto store around here, and since I'm going to black, it should be readily available for the life of the truck. I don't have any Comet handy for scrubbing the parts, so I've been using Barkeep's Friend. I've had a little bit of trouble with fisheye, but a second coat always covers it. I painted a few parts a few weeks back and they're holding up well with mounting and removing repeatedly. I scratched the glovebox cover hard enough to scratch the plastic, but a quick spray touched it up. It dries incredibly fast, which is good for getting second and third coats. So far I'm impressed. It's also suitable for painting the carpet! The factory carpet has cigarette burns, so I picked up a tan carpet from Pull-A-Part yesterday. Once I get it to a car wash I'll power-wash and color it.
Finally, I put several hours of work into a driver's seat mount. I have to re-drill two of the mounting holes and weld on the nuts that hold the seat.
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View media item 32070I painted a bunch of the interior pieces black. Some time next week I'll disassemble what I can of the dashboard and paint it black. I took a pic, but the lighting was terrible and it all looks funky. Edit: I suppose I ought to tell how I'm doing the recolor. I'm using Dupli-Color "Vinyl and Fabric" Specialty Coating. It's readily available in any auto store around here, and since I'm going to black, it should be readily available for the life of the truck. I don't have any Comet handy for scrubbing the parts, so I've been using Barkeep's Friend. I've had a little bit of trouble with fisheye, but a second coat always covers it. I painted a few parts a few weeks back and they're holding up well with mounting and removing repeatedly. I scratched the glovebox cover hard enough to scratch the plastic, but a quick spray touched it up. It dries incredibly fast, which is good for getting second and third coats. So far I'm impressed. It's also suitable for painting the carpet! The factory carpet has cigarette burns, so I picked up a tan carpet from Pull-A-Part yesterday. Once I get it to a car wash I'll power-wash and color it.
Finally, I put several hours of work into a driver's seat mount. I have to re-drill two of the mounting holes and weld on the nuts that hold the seat.
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